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Phillips, Anne.

Title Multiculturalism without Culture.

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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.

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Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource (214 pages)
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Multiculturalism without Culture; Chapter Two: Between Culture and Cosmos; Chapter Three: What's Wrong with Cultural Defence?; Chapter Four: Autonomy, Coercion, and Constraint; Chapter Five: Exit and Voice; Chapter Six: Multiculturalism without Groups?; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	Public opinion in recent years has soured on multiculturalism, due in large part to fears of radical Islam. In Multiculturalism without Culture, Anne Phillips contends that critics misrepresent culture as the explanation of everything individuals from minority and non-Western groups do. She puts forward a defense of multiculturalism that dispenses with notions of culture, instead placing individuals themselves at its core. Multiculturalism has been blamed for encouraging the oppression of women--forced marriages, female genital cutting, school girls wearing the hijab. Many critics opportunisti.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	Culture conflict.
	Feminism.
	Multiculturalism.
	Sex discrimination against women.
	Social sciences.
	Culture conflict. (OCoLC)fst00885099
	Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
	Multiculturalism. (OCoLC)fst01028836
	Sex discrimination against women. (OCoLC)fst01114376
	Social sciences. (OCoLC)fst01122877
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Phillips, Anne. Multiculturalism without Culture. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691141152
ISBN	9781400827732 (electronic book)

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